Metering dispensing carton
First Claim
1. A DISPENSING CARTON FORMED FROM A ONE-PIECE FOLDED BLANK HAVING CUT PORTIONS AND A PLURALITY OF ORTHOGONAL FOLD LINES DEFINING RECTANGULAR LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING OPPOSED FACE PANELS AND SIDE PANELS, A TOP PANEL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY FROM THE TOP EDGE OF ONE FACE PANEL AND PROGRESSIVELY FROM THE TOP EDGE OF ONE FACE PANEL AND A SECOND SUPPORT PANEL EXTENDING FROM THE TOP EDGE OF THE OTHER FACE PANEL, THE FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT PANELS WHEN SAID CARTON IS FORMED EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY IN FACE TO FACE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPPER INNER SURFACES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FACE PANELS AND SAID PARTITION PANEL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY AND BELOW SAID TOP PANEL TO DEFINE A WALL OF A TOP MEASURING COMPARTMENT, ONE OF SAID SIDE PANELS HAVING A DISPENSING OUTLET MEANS AT SAID MEASURING COMPARTMENT, SAID PARTITION PANEL HAVING A MEASURING OPENING OF PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION FORMED THEREIN BY A SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRAL CUT-OUT EXTENDING FROM THE PARTITION PANEL EDGE ADJACENT THE OTHER OF SAID SIDE PANELS WITH PORTIONS OF SAID PARTITIONS PANEL REMAINING ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID CUT OUT, A FIRST SUPORT FLAP CONNECTED TO THE SPACED OUTER EDGES OF SAID PARTITION PANEL ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID MEASURING OPENING AND EXTENDING TOWARD SAID TOP PANEL, A SECOND SUPPORT FLAP CONNECTED TO THE EDGE OF SAID PARTITION PANEL AT SAID ONE OF SAID SIDE PANELS AND EXTENDING TOWARD SAID TOP PANEL, THE FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT PANELS AND THE FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT FLAPS PROVIDING A FOUR-SIDED SUPORT FOR SAID PARTITION PANEL TO MAINTAIN THE PREDETERMINED POSITION THEREOF WHEN THE MATERIAL IN THE CARTON IS SUPPORTED THEREBY DURING THE MEASURING STEP, SAID SECOND SUPPORT FLAP HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID DISPENSING OUTLET MEANS, SAID DISPENSING OUTLET MEANS HAVING A REMOVABLE TAB.
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1. A DISPENSING CARTON FORMED FROM A ONE-PIECE FOLDED BLANK HAVING CUT PORTIONS AND A PLURALITY OF ORTHOGONAL FOLD LINES DEFINING RECTANGULAR LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING OPPOSED FACE PANELS AND SIDE PANELS, A TOP PANEL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY FROM THE TOP EDGE OF ONE FACE PANEL AND PROGRESSIVELY FROM THE TOP EDGE OF ONE FACE PANEL AND A SECOND SUPPORT PANEL EXTENDING FROM THE TOP EDGE OF THE OTHER FACE PANEL, THE FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT PANELS WHEN SAID CARTON IS FORMED EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY IN FACE TO FACE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPPER INNER SURFACES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FACE PANELS AND SAID PARTITION PANEL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY AND BELOW SAID TOP PANEL TO DEFINE A WALL OF A TOP MEASURING COMPARTMENT, ONE OF SAID SIDE PANELS HAVING A DISPENSING OUTLET MEANS AT SAID MEASURING COMPARTMENT, SAID PARTITION PANEL HAVING A MEASURING OPENING OF PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION FORMED THEREIN BY A SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRAL CUT-OUT EXTENDING FROM THE PARTITION PANEL EDGE ADJACENT THE OTHER OF SAID SIDE PANELS WITH PORTIONS OF SAID PARTITIONS PANEL REMAINING ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID CUT OUT, A FIRST SUPORT FLAP CONNECTED TO THE SPACED OUTER EDGES OF SAID PARTITION PANEL ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID MEASURING OPENING AND EXTENDING TOWARD SAID TOP PANEL, A SECOND SUPPORT FLAP CONNECTED TO THE EDGE OF SAID PARTITION PANEL AT SAID ONE OF SAID SIDE PANELS AND EXTENDING TOWARD SAID TOP PANEL, THE FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT PANELS AND THE FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT FLAPS PROVIDING A FOUR-SIDED SUPORT FOR SAID PARTITION PANEL TO MAINTAIN THE PREDETERMINED POSITION THEREOF WHEN THE MATERIAL IN THE CARTON IS SUPPORTED THEREBY DURING THE MEASURING STEP, SAID SECOND SUPPORT FLAP HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID DISPENSING OUTLET MEANS, SAID DISPENSING OUTLET MEANS HAVING A REMOVABLE TAB.
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Current AssigneeJohn Robson
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Original AssigneeJohn Robson
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InventorsRobson, John
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Application NumberUS04/048,049Time in Patent Office1,016 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current222/456CPC Class CodesB65D 5/76 for discharging metered qua...
